Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Appointment to the UK Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon: My Honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (Leo Docherty) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Baroness Sater has been appointed as a full member of the United Kingdom Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in place of the Earl of Dundee.

Ministry of Defence

War Pensions Scheme Uprating 2023

Baroness Goldie: My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence People and Veterans (Dr Andrew Murrison MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The new rates of war pensions and allowances proposed from April 2023 are set out in the tables below. The Annual uprating of war pensions and allowances for 2023 will take place from the week beginning 10th April. Rates for 2023 are increasing by 10.1 per cent in accordance with the announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Autumn Statement on 17 November 2022. War Pensions Rates  RATESRATES(Weekly rates unless otherwise shown)2022 £2023 £   WAR PENSIONS Disablement Pension (100% rates)  officer (£ per annum)10,436.0011,490.00other ranks (weekly amount)200.00220.20   Age allowances payable from age 65  40%-50%13.3514.70over 50% but not over 70%20.6022.70over 70% but not over 90%29.3032.25over 90%41.2045.40   Disablement gratuity (one-off payment)  specified minor injury (min.)1,274.001,403.00specified minor injury (max.)9,513.0010,474.001 – 5% gratuity3,181.003,502.006 – 14% gratuity7,072.007,786.0015 – 19% gratuity12,369.0013,618.00   SUPPLEMENTARY ALLOWANCES Unemployability allowance  Personal123.60136.10adult dependency increase68.7075.65increase for first child16.0017.60increase for subsequent children18.7520.65   Invalidity allowance  higher rate24.4526.90middle rate16.0017.60lower rate8.008.80   Constant attendance allowance  exceptional rate151.00166.20intermediate rate113.25124.65full day rate75.5083.10Part-day rate37.7541.55   Comforts allowance  higher rate32.5035.80lower rate16.2517.90   Mobility supplement72.0079.25   Allowance for lowered standard of occupation (maximum)75.4483.04   Therapeutic earnings limit (annual rate)7,904.008,684.00   Exceptionally severe disablement allowance75.5083.10   Severe disablement occupational allowance37.7541.55   Clothing allowance (£ per annum)258.00284.00   Education allowance (£ per annum) (max)120.00120.00   WIDOW(ER)S BENEFITS Widow(er)s' - other ranks (basic with children) (weekly amount)151.70167.00Widow(er) - Officer higher rate both wars (basic with children) (£ per annum)8,068.008,883.00Childless widow(er)s' u-40 (other ranks) (weekly amount)36.3440.01Widow(er) – Officer lower rate both wars (£ per annum)2,802.003,085.00   Supplementary Pension101.49111.74   Age allowance  (a) age 65 to 6917.3019.05(b) age 70 to 7933.2536.60(c) age 80 and over49.3554.35   Children's allowance  Increase for first child23.8026.20Increase for subsequent children26.5029.20   Orphan's pension  Increase for first child27.2530.00Increase for subsequent children29.8032.80   Unmarried dependant living as spouse (max)149.35164.65   Rent allowance (maximum)57.1062.85   Adult orphan's pension (maximum)116.60128.40